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Thai, Lao and Cambodian San Diegans make history with LGBTQ+ celebration

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Organizers said it was the first LGBTQ+ TLC New Year celebration they know of in the country.

Drag queen"Hen Thai," a pun on explicit Japanese manga, performs at Diversionary Theatre on Sunday, April 14, 2024.

Celebrants toast to the New Year with DJ"Bad Hunny" at Diversionary Theatre on Sunday, April 14, 2024.Opening for the more traditional dance performances, like Ouay Phon Pi Mai and Jun Por, was a Thai drag queen. “This is actually, like, my dream,” she said. “Being a lesbian in this community, especially being Laotian, we don't get to be open.”Her and co-organizer Margaret Marshall said it was the first LGBTQ+ TLC New Year celebration they know of in the country.

Even after tickets sold out, she said, more LGBTQ+ TLC people kept reaching out from as far north as Long Beach asking to come.“Being gay, being lesbian, I never heard that in my family. I have family who is gay, and I don't think we really recognized and gave that person space,” she said.

 

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